So here we are and it is Halloween

I am pretty much an empty nester. My husbands children are with us every other weekend. My children are grown up with a child each of their own. Here comes Halloween. Our Friends have past the lets dress up and party stage. Never thought I would get here. So do we just let Halloween pass us by. My children loved this day. They would decorate the yard and as they got older they became more resourceful. Making holes in the ground and buring themselves and then scaring the unsuspected trick or treater coming by. I still have the left over holes. A bottle of ketchup was a staple in our house. In any given day leading up to Halloween I could find my son or sons in some dead position with ketchup all over. Sadly the day my son really did cut his hand(not bad enough for stitches but he did a good job) I did not believe him. There were haunted houses, pumpkin farms and hot soup and bread. I have great memories. They have their own children now. I hope my grandchildren give their parents a few heart attacks as they gave me. This last Sunday was a beautiful day and not wanting to see it go to waste I talked my husband into going to the pumpkin farm. Yes without children. It seemed sacrilegious. We started out to find that perfect pumpkin and then reality set in. We really weren't going to carve a pumpkin. We both knew by the time we would get home we would have lost interest. We reminded each other how much we hated it when we had to finish the pumpkin's the girls started. So we changed our plans. We went searching for gourds. We found the most amazing and odd gourds. We had a wonderful afternoon. When we got home my husband made a great arrangement on our front porch. I smile when I see it. New traditions replacing the old. I still get to hand out the treats, my favorites are the body parts. This year it is rotten teeth. Got to go, the bell has rung and the bewitching hour is here. The fangs are in and my cackle at the ready. I open the door and the words of the day Trick Or Treat! Have a Happy Halloween!